comfort; consolation; diversion
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
nonchalant air; unruffled air
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
thereupon; shortly thereafter
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
to cry and shout; to scream
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
tail (animal); tail end; tip
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
to badger; to pester; to beg
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
scattering; sprinkling; shaking
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to add (e.g. a postscript)
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
those (near the second person)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to taste; to try (food or drink)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to be transparent; to show through